Burak Bekdil
ARTICLES BY: Burak Bekdil
What Turkey’s New Islamist-Nationalist Alliance Means for the World
Four decades after they emerged as marginal parties in the 1970s, Turkey’s militant Islamists and ultra-nationalists won a combined 53.6% of the national vote and...
Turkey Holds ‘Elections’ Again
On June 24, Turkey will hold its sixth election in four years. The Turks will choose between augmenting what is practically one-man rule based on...
Turkey’s Erdogan vs. the Free Press
First the good news: Turkey, which is already the worst jailer of journalists in the world, may no longer need to put newsmen and women...
Turkey Wages a Personal War in Syria
In a rather theatrical show, the fall of the city of Afrin -- a Kurdish enclave in northwestern Syria -- after two months of battle between Turkish...
Turkey and Iran’s Skin-Deep Friendship
After having fought several inconclusive wars, the Ottoman Turks and the Safavid Persians decided -- in 1639 -- to embrace a new code of conduct that would last for...
IAF Official After Gaza Escalation: We Will Act Again, if Hamas Commits Further Violence
US Lawmakers Shown Backing Fake Kindergarten Gun Scheme in Sacha Baron Cohen Satire
The World Must Know: The Dramatic Advances of Israel's Treatment of Israeli Arabs
Five Years After the Revolution: Is Egyptian President El-Sisi Winning the Battle?
Knesset Legislation Risks Bringing the Ghetto to Israel